Rubén Marín

Rubén Hugo Marín (born May 1, 1934) is a former Argentine Senator for La Pampa Province. He was also a governor of the province on two occasions. Marín, a lawyer by profession, is a member of the Argentine Justicialist Party.

Rubén Marín
National Senator
In office 10 December 2003 – 10 December 2009
Succeeded by	Carlos Verna
Constituency	La Pampa
In office 6 December 1989 – 18 December 1991
Constituency	La Pampa
Governor of La Pampa
In office 10 December 1991 – 9 December 2003
Preceded by	Néstor Ahuad
Succeeded by	Carlos Verna
In office 10 December 1983 – 9 December 1987
Preceded by	Eduardo Ángel Fraier (de facto)
Succeeded by	Néstor Ahuad
National Deputy
In office 10 December 1987 – 10 December 1989
Constituency	La Pampa
Vice Governor of La Pampa
In office 25 May 1973 – 24 March 1976
Governor	Aquiles Regazzoli
Personal details
Born	(1934-05-01) May 1, 1934 Trenel, La Pampa Province, Argentina
Nationality	Argentine
Political party	Justicialist Party
Spouse(s)	María Ester Varela de Marín
Profession	Lawyer

Born in Trenel, Marín enrolled at the National University of La Plata, and graduated with a juris doctor in 1961. He was Peronist gubernatorial candidate Aquiles Regazzoli's running mate in 1973, and served as Vice Governor of La Pampa from 1973 to 1976. Marín was elected governor in 1983 upon the restoration of democracy, serving until 1987. He was then elected to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies, and two years later, to the Senate.

Voters returned Marín to the governor's post in 1991, and he was re-elected in 1995 and 1999. He was elected to the Senate in 2003; there, he joined the majority Front for Victory parliamentary group, supporting the national government of President Néstor Kirchner.

Marín unsuccessfully ran for a fifth term as governor in 2007,[1] but was defeated in party primaries by the faction headed by Carlos Verna.[2] Marín's term in the Senate expired on December 10, 2009.